Angling: Wales beat England again.

THE latest round in the series of matches between the English and Welsh anglers who fish at Docklow Pools ended in a win for the Welsh anglers by a margin of seven points and they now have a 64-point series lead.

The top three individual places were taken by South Wales anglers. Lee Edwards, of Caerphilly, was top with 40lb 11oz of carp, Howard Green, of Pontllanfraith, was second with 39lb 7oz and Paul Johnson, of Ebbw Vale, third with 26lb 3oz.

There were good weights in the evening match at Cefn Mably Lakes led by an all carp top score of 42lb 12oz from Anthony O'Reilly, of Cardiff. Stan Crowley was runner-up with a mixed net of 23lb 1oz and 16year-old Gareth Boycott, of Newport, did well to take third prize with 21lb 10oz of carp.

Lamby Pond was in a dour mood for the latest evening open and the top score was just 4lb 12oz from Clive Roberts.

Pete Neville made second place with 2lb 3oz and Mike Russell needed only 1lb 4oz to come third.

Terry Peterson was top rod when Newport AA fished at Spytty Pond. His 6lb 8oz perch and bream catch almost doubled the next best effort. Ron Moore smashed the Birchgrove (Cardiff) AS grayling record when he caught a specimen of 2lb 12oz during the club match on the River Wye near Llyswen.

Moore, a past Welsh national champion who lives at Gabalfa, was on the Shrubbery beat and also put another three grayling, seven dace and two chub into his net to finish in second place with 11lb 8oz.

The match winner was Clive Hill who made up his 16lb 5oz with a dozen grayling and a brace of chub. Merthyr Tydfil AA has a thriving junior section and 32 youngsters turned up to fish their match at Cyfartha Park.

Matthew Rolls with a weight of 9lb 1oz won the under-11 section, Daniel Miles was second with 4lb 12oz and Matthew Thomas third with 4lb 4oz. Top of the over-11's was David Thomas whose catch came to 13lb 10oz.

Runner-up Blaine Madgewick had 5lb 12oz. and Michael Williams was third with 4lb 6oz. The club's senior match at the lake was won by Bernard Farr with 7lb 13oz.